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A transcontinental flight is a non-stop passenger flight from one side of a continent to the other.[1] The term usually refers to flights across the United States, between the East and West Coasts.[dubious ]

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A transcontinental flight is a non-stop passenger flight from one side of a continent to the other. The term usually refers to flights across the United...

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James Banning

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Julia (May 13, 2020). "James H. Banning and The Flying Hoboes Transcontinental Flight". Metropolitan Airport News. Retrieved May 23, 2022. "Famous Coast-to-Coast...

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Wiley Post

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Flight" over U.S. Air Mail Route #2 (AM-2) from Los Angeles to New York, Post carried a quantity of 'cacheted' covers sponsored by Transcontinental &...

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Air Canada

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Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), which began operating its first transcontinental flight routes in 1938. In 1965, TCA was renamed Air Canada following government...

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Transcontinental

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York City Transcontinental flight, a flight across a continent, such as from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific across the U.S. Transcontinental railroad...

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Aeroput

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After a short preparation, Sondermajer and Bajdak commenced their transcontinental from Paris on 20 April 1927. After covering 14,800 kilometers with...

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Calbraith Perry Rodgers

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1912) was an American aviation pioneer. He made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. from September 17, 1911, to November 5, 1911...

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Kimberly Anyadike

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she became the youngest African American woman to complete a transcontinental flight across the United States, from Los Angeles, California to Newport...

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Eddie August Schneider

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20, 1911 – December 23, 1940) was an American aviator who set three transcontinental airspeed records for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930. His...

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TWA Flight 3

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TWA Flight 3 was a twin-engine Douglas DC-3-382 propliner, registration NC1946, operated by Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) as a scheduled domestic...

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Vin Fiz Flyer

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and the Vin Fiz: the First Transcontinental Flight. (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989) E.P. Stein, Flight of the Vin Fiz (New York:...

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TWA Flight 513

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TWA Flight 513, registration NC86513, Star of Lisbon, was a Lockheed L-049 Constellation operated by Transcontinental and Western Air on a training flight...

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Douglas Corrigan

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was an American aviator, nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight in July from Long Beach, California, to New York City, he then...

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Mercury Seven

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Dryden, adopted a suggestion by Abe Silverstein, the director of Space Flight Development at STG, that the human spaceflight project be called Project...

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John Glenn

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and eighteen Air Medals. In 1957, he made the first supersonic transcontinental flight across the United States. His on-board camera took the first continuous...

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American Airlines Flight 6001

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American Airlines Flight 6001 was a transcontinental flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport. On the morning of January...

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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

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300 mi), requiring an SCA to stop several times to refuel on a transcontinental flight. Without the Orbiter, the SCA needed to carry ballast to balance...

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Trans World Airlines

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until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles...

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Live streaming

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requested to live with him after having saved up for a one-way transcontinental flight. A Taiwan-based American streamer fell victim to a doxing and targeted...

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Amelia Rose Earhart

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in a Cessna 172. In December 2011, she recreated her namesake's transcontinental flight from Oakland, California to Miami, Florida in a Cirrus SR22, as...

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United Airlines Flight 93

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being sent by United Airlines to the cockpits of its transcontinental flights, including Flight 93, warning of cockpit intrusion and telling of the New...

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United Air Lines Trip 23

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as NC13304 crashed near Chesterton, Indiana, United States. The transcontinental flight carried three crew and four passengers and originated in Newark...

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Boeing 307 Stratoliner

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and Burbank, but the second transcontinental flight did not happen until a month later, when on May 1, 1945, a flight was made from Washington, DC to...

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